SEOUL, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Following are 2010 forecasts for South Korea's gross domestic product by major organisations, compiled by Reuters:
(percentage growth from a year earlier, all dates in 2009 and when forecasts are made):
Bank of Korea (Dec. 11) 4.6
Finance Ministry (Dec. 10) 5.0
International Monetary Fund (Dec. 8) 4.5
Korea Development Institute (Nov. 22) 5.5
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (Nov. 19) 4.4
Reuters poll (Oct. 13) 4.1
Asian Development Bank (Sept. 22) 4.0
World Bank (June 22) around 2.0
Note: The Bank of Korea and the Finance Ministry estimated Asia's fourth-largest economy to have expanded by 0.2 percent in 2009.
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(Reporting by Cheon Jong-woo; Editing by Yoo Choonsik)
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(percentage growth from a year earlier, all dates in 2009 and when forecasts are made):
Bank of Korea (Dec. 11) 4.6
Finance Ministry (Dec. 10) 5.0
International Monetary Fund (Dec. 8) 4.5
Korea Development Institute (Nov. 22) 5.5
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (Nov. 19) 4.4
Reuters poll (Oct. 13) 4.1
Asian Development Bank (Sept. 22) 4.0
World Bank (June 22) around 2.0
Note: The Bank of Korea and the Finance Ministry estimated Asia's fourth-largest economy to have expanded by 0.2 percent in 2009.
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(Reporting by Cheon Jong-woo; Editing by Yoo Choonsik)
((jongwoo.cheon@thomsonreuters.com; +82 2 3704 5665; Reuters Messaging;jongwoo.cheon.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: KOREA ECONOMY/GDP (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.